Aroa
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Genus: | Aroa Walker, 1855
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Aroa is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Description[]
They are diurnal fliers. The genus differs from Orgyia due to much longer palpi and less-hairy body. Third joint prominent. Legs are less hairy. Female has fully developed wings. Antennae branches are shorter than in male.[1]
Species[]
Some species of this genus are:[2][3]
- Collenette, 1949 western Java
- Hampson, 1910 Senegal
- (Felder, 1874)
- Collenette, 1938 Palawan
- Hampson, [1893] Sikkim, Assam
- Hampson, 1897 Khasia Hills
- (Collenette, 1933) Kivu
- Hampson, 1905 India (Chennai)
- Swinhoe, 1885 Bombay
- Butler, 1887 Solomons
- Aroa danva Schaus & Clements, 1893 Sierra Leone
- Walker, 1855 southern Africa
- Walker, 1855 southern Africa
- Collenette, 1953 Ivory Coast
- Collenette, 1938 Philippines (Luzon)
- Rogenhofer, 1891 Kenya
- Collenette, 1938 Uganda
- Collenette, 1960 Myanmar
- Hampson, 1910 Sierra Leone
- (Hampson, 1895) Myanmar
- Aroa major Hampson, [1893] Sri Lanka
- Aroa maxima Hampson, [1893] Sri Lanka
- Hampson, 1905 Angola
- (Walker, 1865) southern Africa
- Daniel, 1961 Nepal
- Holland, 1893 western Africa
- Moore, 1879 Hong Kong
- (Hampson, 1904) Kerala
- Collenette, 1930 Tanganyika
- Aroa plana (Walker, 1855) northern India
- Gaede, 1932 Yunnan
- Walker, 1865 Sikkim, Bhutan, India
- (Janse, 1915) Zimbabwe
- Pagenstecher, 1903 north-eastern Africa
- Swinhoe, 1903 Java
- Swinhoe, 1885
- Collenette, 1932 Malaysia
- Aroa sienna Hampson, 1891 Nilgiris
- (Walker, 1865) southern India
- (Geyer, 1837) Java
- Aroa subnotata (Walker, 1855) Sri Lanka
- Druce, 1896 eastern Africa
- (Grünberg, 1907) Tanzania
- (Swinhoe, 1885) Pune
- Aroa yokoae Bethune-Baker, 1927 Cameroon
References[]
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Aroa Walker, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (December 1, 2015). "Aroa Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
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